Syria: Orders To Kill 'From Highest Levels'
http://news.sky.com/story/952720/syria-orders-to-kill-from-highest-levels
Scared, thin and in some circumstances bruised, a group of 30 men were told to crouch or kneel by a wall as armed men organised them into rows; barking orders and directing them with that no-nonsense air of people in control.
They said nothing, some looking down or hiding their faces as we were invited forward to film them. The officer in charge shouted an order for the men to double-time towards a nearby house and then directed his men to secure the building.
We had not expected to see any of this on our trip into Syrias Latakia Province in the north of the country. But the prisoners are Syrian government police and soldiers and their captors the Free Syrian Army (FSA). Just a few months ago this was an unimaginable picture. The FSA did not have the men or the ability to capture anyone on this type of scale.
The FSA say they want to keep their prisoners to swap with their own captured comrades. Their commander insisted that they would come to no harm. I told the men that they had no obligation to speak to us but they volunteered to do so. While I am aware we were in the presence of their captors, they seemed genuine on two basic points they made as a group.